117. Chapter 117
On the afternoon of the day Otis left, Yi Tuan slipped out with Mai Mai, of course, it was not just the two of them, Hans and a few other adult men also followed, no one looked down on ordinary children like Mai Mai, but Yi Tuan was different, they were afraid of accidents, so they went out to protect them, just in case, it was always safer to have more people.
Yi Tuan has been in this world for so long, and it is the first time he has visited this type of market, and he has also visited the school's high-end shopping mall before.
He was dressed in coarse cloth, his hair tied up and covered by his hood, and his face was covered, except for his eyes, which many people here wore as such, and it was not too conspicuous.
The street looks quite harmonious, and there are indeed patrols passing by from time to time, but at the same time, there are many people who are very fierce at first glance, walking around, with weapons such as swords and axes, staring at the pedestrians on the road with very unfriendly eyes.
Yi Tuan had the illusion of watching medieval European movies, all of them were very novel, and there were many things he didn't know, and he really gained a lot of knowledge.
But he doesn't have the heart to go shopping now, he came out to inquire about information, Mai Mai grew up here, he doesn't know anything about the outside, and inquiring about intelligence will definitely be affected to a certain extent.
"Where is the City Lord's Mansion, can we meet the City Lord?" Yi Tuan asked Hans that the most powerful man in the city was the lord of the city, and if he was a good man, maybe he could ask for help from the other party.
"In the center of the city, on the edge of the main road of the Wari River, it is built near the water, which is still a little far from us, and it is estimated that it will take about an hour to walk." Hans pointed to the east, Knox City is really a big city, "But the City Lord's Mansion is heavily guarded, and ordinary people are afraid that they will not be able to see the City Lord." ”
Then he whispered again: "I heard that the city lord is a brutal person, I'm afraid it ......" He felt that Yi Tuan should not take risks, he knew that Yi Tuan and his party wanted to find a way back, but this risk was so big, he couldn't help, so he could only persuade the other party not to take risks.
"That's right......" Yi Tuan was disappointed.
"In fact, it is useless to find the city lord, the city mainly has a way to leave, where will he stay here, he is forced to stay on this planet like us." Hans sighed, "The environment here is so poor, there are only a handful of people who can live to be two hundred years old, whether it is food or water, it is not too clean, there are many people suffering from cancer, but the medical technology is so backward, you can only wait for death if you get a serious illness, hey......"
“…… I'm sorry. Yi Tuan didn't know what to say, and in the end he only held back such a sentence, and he always felt very empty-hearted.
"Little master, you didn't do anything wrong, what do you apologize for." Hans thinks Yi Tuan's thinking is very cute, what a compassionate good boy, "It's all the fault of those brutes in the Rodman Empire, who have taken away our country and our freedom!" ”
"......" Yi Tuan felt that he should change the subject, and if he continued to talk about it, he would be ashamed to death.
"I heard that slave traders will come next month, where are they going to buy people?" Yi Tuan changed the subject.
"It's right next to the City Lord's Mansion, don't you go, little master, it's not safe, it's been very chaotic for a few days." Hans reminded that a beautiful person like Yi Tuan would definitely be targeted by the bad guys at that time, but he had to be careful and careful.
Yi Tuan nodded, "Well, don't worry, Uncle Hans, I'm definitely not going to run around." ”
There were a lot of people today, Yi Tuan begged everyone to accompany him to the vicinity of the City Lord's Mansion to see, and bought a lot of things along the way, in addition to the necessary food and utensils, Yi Tuan also bought a lot of snacks and toys for the children to eat, anyway, he had money, and everyone had big bags and small bags in their hands.
The closer you get to the city lord's mansion, the more prosperous, the houses are getting cleaner and tidy, and the order is better, but there are more and more flower streets, and now most of the doors are closed during the day, but the Yi Tuan is literate, and the shops that enter several alleys are written with very ambiguous store names.
Hans and the other men looked at it and shook their heads.
From time to time, new people will be sent to this planet, most of them come with property, some are lucky to live a good life, some are unlucky to be pitted by the old people can only live a hard life, strong men and some women will do some physical work, children can do chores or something.
There are also some people who can't afford to endure hardship, men have done the business of stealing chickens and dogs, and women are doing this kind of unsightly business in Flower Street, but it is true that it is less effort than hard work.
Moreover, Flower Street alleviated the crime rate on a certain course, and Flower Street was strong before it became popular. There would be many rapes a day, and now they are much better.
This phenomenon of relying on flower streets to stop crime is very deformed, but there is no way, this place is so backward.
"Don't, don't throw away my child!" Suddenly, there was a heart-rending shout in the alley, it was a woman's voice, very poignant.
Everyone was startled and turned their heads to look over.
I saw two big men coming out of a house, one of them was carrying a package in his hand, the two of them were scolding, and a woman with a cloak on the second floor stretched out her hand and shouted, her face full of tears.
The two men turned a deaf ear, and the one carrying the package walked to the garbage heap and threw the package over, Yi Tuan vaguely saw a small foot sticking out of the package, and it was a child inside!
God, these people are so frustrated, how can they throw children!
Yi Tuan rushed over without thinking about it, and Hansla couldn't stop coming.
"How can you throw a child!" Yi Tuan couldn't help but say angrily, he knew that human life here was not valuable, but hearing and seeing were two different things, and seeing him with his own eyes really couldn't turn a blind eye.
The two big men didn't pay attention to him when they didn't order a single one, ", what are the children doing here, this child is dead, don't you throw it away and keep it moldy?" ”
“…… He's dead? Yi Tuan was stunned.
"I died yesterday, and that stinky woman didn't even say it, and it was known that it would affect the business!" The two men were very angry, and said and hurried Yi Tuan away, "Get out." ”
"Don't throw my child, don't throw my child!" The woman on the second floor stumbled downstairs, she was thin, her face was sallow, and she was malnourished at first sight.
She saw the two men staring at the garbage heap empty-handed, and then climbed up without hesitation, rummaging through the garbage pile for her child, as if crazy.
After a while, she finally found the package, hugged it in her arms, and began to cry.
Yi Tuan's eyes were sharp, and he saw that the child's face had been white, not the face that a living person should have, and it seemed that he was really dead.
But the child's mother doesn't seem to accept the fact, she keeps crying, and then tries to warm her child with her own body heat, muttering something, maybe coaxing the child.
"Mommy ......" At this time, a little girl of three or four years old dressed in tatters came out of the doorway, looking at the woman in the garbage heap at a loss.
The woman came to her senses at the voice, she looked back at her daughter, and then burst into tears.
Just now, one of the two big men was bored and said: "What are you crying for, and let the store not do business, if you are seen by the guests so unlucky, then the store will not entertain people in the future, and you will go to drink the northwest wind!" Don't you still have a daughter, the one who died was not in good health, and it was luck to raise it so big, think about your daughter, and work hard in the future. ”
Yi Tuan really couldn't look at it, "It's not business hours, she must be very sad when she dies a child, why are you so unkind and don't let you cry?" ”
Dahan sneered, "You have compassion, then you can raise the two of them, help her pay the liquidated damages, and we will let her cry!" He didn't look like a rich man when he saw Yi Tuan, and he looked down on him very much, so he deliberately used words to squeeze him.
Yituan is not short of money, "lose and pay!" How much? ”
The big man laughed, "I can't see that you are a very tough child, do you have money?" "In Knox City, who doesn't want a copper coin to be broken in half, and there is such a fool, who raised it.
"How much exactly?" Yi Tuan only cares about this.
"Three gold coins, I didn't offer a price blindly, they were all written on the original contract, the contract was signed for five years, she only worked for two years, our store has to lose a lot of money, even if you have three gold coins, it is less, and the fraction is written off for you."
Three gold coins are really not a small amount of money here, ordinary people sell themselves for only one or two gold coins, here is backward, the price is very low, the salary is naturally low, doing ordinary work for three years may not necessarily earn half a gold coin, three gold coins can be regarded as a lion's mouth.
This big man expects that the Yi Tuan can't afford this money, and children are easy to take it for granted.
Who wants Yi Tuan nodded and said: "Yes, but you have to show me the contract, and we will settle it on the spot." ”
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to Hans, "Uncle Hans, give me three gold coins." "His money bag was placed in Hans's place, which was decided by several adults, Yi Tuan is not safe to put coins on his body, and it is not good to be targeted.
"It's not good...... Hans felt sorry for Yi Tuan, these are three gold coins, just give it, they don't know this woman, isn't this a waste of money, although it's not his money, but it's also distressing, you can buy a lot of things with this money yourself.
"It's okay, give it to me." Yi Tuan is very persistent.
"Hey......" Hans only needed to take out three gold coins from his money bag and hand them over, but unfortunately Mr. Otis was not there, if he was there, he would definitely stop the young master from spending money indiscriminately.
Seeing the three gold coins in Yi Tuan's hand, the big man was shocked, God, there is really such a fool!
But if you have money, you are the boss, and the other party rushed them to send money, where did they not agree, the big man hurriedly ran into the store to get the contract, I was afraid that it would be too late for Yi Tuan to come to his senses and regret it, this woman will definitely not be able to earn three gold coins in three years, and she has to eat or something.
The handover was completed quickly, and Hans had read the contract several times, and there was nothing wrong, and the other party didn't say nonsense, according to the odds of the contract, it did cost three gold coins.
The two big men thought that Hans was a local tyrant, so they smiled and talked to him, so that he could come and visit often, saying that there were still a lot of girls here, and they were very stammered.
The woman sitting in the garbage heap was stunned, she didn't know how to react at all, these strangers helped her pay the liquidated damages, she is free now, but ......
But where can she go......
Yi Tuan stretched out his hand to the woman, "If you want, come home with me, although my family is not very good, it is still okay to raise two more people to eat." "He believes that a person who loves children so much will not be a bad person.
"But...... But ...... "The woman is very hesitant, the other party has already helped her so much, how can she go to eat rice."
Yi Tuan smiled: "Don't worry, my family just lacks a laundry worker, and we came out this time just to recruit people." "In this way, the other party will live more comfortably.
The woman slowly walked down from the garbage heap, then knelt in front of Yi Tuan, kowtowed deeply, and her tears couldn't stop flowing.
Yi Tuan didn't know at this time that the woman he helped casually would sacrifice herself to save his life in the near future......